Shoe-cleaning device.



F. J. PERRON. SHOE CLEANING DEVICE. APPLICATION IILEp O0T.11, 1918.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

waf- Y barren as s name name FRANK J. PERRON, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, TO NATIONAL BRUSH COMPANY, A COR'POBATION OF ILLINOIS snon-ennaume' DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Latent;

Patented Jan. 12, te ra.

Applicationfiled October 11, 1913. Serial Ito; 794,584.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I FRANK J. Pnmzon, a citizen of the United States of America, and a. resident of Aurora, county of Kane, and State of Illinois,.have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Cleaning Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved device for removing from shoes mud and dirt that may be accumulated thereon; to provide a device of this kind having means adapted to be used for first scraping the mud from the shoes and then wiping the bottom and sides of the shoes; to provide an improved arrangement of the wiping meansg'and to provide improved means for supporting the wiping means in position.

An illustrative embodiment of this invent.

tion is shown in the'accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shoe cleaning device. Fig. 2 is the. bottom plan View of the same.

In the construction shown in the drawings the device comprises a supporting member or frame 3, having a scraper 4 at the forward end thereof, and shoe wiping means 5 at the other end. The scraper e is in the form of an angle plate secured to the frame 3 by suitable screws 6'. The shoe wiping means 5 comprises a bottom brush 7 formed on the upper side of the frame 3 and extending the greater portion of its length. Other brushes 8 are mounted at the sides of said bottom brush 7 and have the bristles 9thereof arranged above the plane of the bristles of the brush 7 and overlapping the edges thereof. A. pair of V-shaped members 10 and 11 formed of resilient wire are secured to the under side of the frame 3 by means of staples 12 located at the crotches of said members. The members 10 and 11 are arrangedas shown in F i g. 2 so that the respective arms thereof are substantially parallel. The outer ends of the arms of the "members 10 and 11 are bent outwardly to form the bends 13 and'then upwardly at the sides of frame 3 to form the bends 14; The brushes 8 are secured to the upwardly disposed bends 14 by being inserted into suitarms of the members 10 and 11 permitsthe brushes 8 to yield more at one end than the other as the shoe enters or recedes from the brushesso that the wiping of the brushes Wlll be more effective than if it were necessary for them to remain in parallel relation cumulations of dirt or mud from a shoe the wearer first scrapes the shoe on the scraper 4; and as he does so draws the shoe rearwardly between the brushes 8 and over the brush 7 so that the sole and sides of the shoe are wiped clean. As the heel of the shoe enters the space between the brushes 8 they will yield first at the forward ends as indicated in dotted outline in Fig. 2, and then as the shoe continues to pass along the brushes the rear ends thereof will also be urged one wardly. As the toe of the shoe recedes from the brushes the forward ends thereof will he the first to return to their normal positions followed by the rear ends. This action of the brushes 8 insures that a greater portion.

of the shoes is cleaned than is the case when the parallel relaton of the brushes remains constant.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention has been herein shown and described, it will be understood that some of the details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as defined by the ing lengthwise of said frame, the outer ends of said arms being bent transversely outward. and then upward, the upwardly dis posed parts being attached in pairs to said side brushes. J

2. A shoe cleaning device comprising a frame a. brush on the bottom of said frame, other brushes located at the sides of said Bottom brush, a plurality of V-shaped memupwardly disposed perts being attached in bers arranged on the under side of said pairs to said side brushes. frame and nested one Within the other with Signed at Aurora this 7th day of October the corresponding arms arranged in sub- 1913.

5 stantially parallel relation, means securing FRANK J. PERRON.

saicLV-shaped members at the crotch there- 4 Witnesses: of, the outer ends of said arms being bent l). A. BYINGTON, transversely outward and then upward, the L. P. CLOVER. 

